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LARRY EUGENE STEPHENS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 1, 1947 – January 8, 1969
Service recordLarry Eugene Stephens, of Walker Springs, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 8, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 56
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Walker Springs, Alabama (Clarke County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1969. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 56
- ANGEL L GONZALES-MADERASergeant First Class · January 8, 1969
- HARRY SIMSPrivate First Class · January 8, 1969
- STEVEN SLUSHERSpecialist Four · January 8, 1969
- BILLY EUGENE SMITHStaff Sergeant · January 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ALLAN ASCHERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 35W, Line 52
- DANA JAMES KAEBERLECorporal · Panel 35W, Line 55
- STEVEN SLUSHERSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 56
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.